TOO MANY WRITERS BELIEVE that you must have it all figured out before you write memoir. Not so. But don't believe me. Listen to Jess Gutierrez, a former journalist who has earned several awards for … [Read more...] about How to Write Memoir When You Don’t Have it All Figured Out, with Jess Gutierrez
How Writers Figure Things Out, with Joan Wickersham
Joan Wickersham is the author of The News from Spain and The Suicide Index, the latter of which was a National Book Award finalist. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in magazines including Poetry, … [Read more...] about How Writers Figure Things Out, with Joan Wickersham
How to Be a Freelance Writer & More, with Author Gloria L. Huang
GLORIA L. HUANG IS a freelance writer whose fiction has appeared in literary journals, including Michigan Quarterly Review, The Three-Penny Review, Chicago Quarterly Review, Massachusetts Review, … [Read more...] about How to Be a Freelance Writer & More, with Author Gloria L. Huang
How to Choose an Opening Scene for a Memoir, with Brooke Randel
Today, my guest is Brooke Randall, whose new book, Also Here: Love, Literacy, and the Legacy of the Holocaust, is just out from Tortoise Books. Brooke is a writer, editor, and associate creative … [Read more...] about How to Choose an Opening Scene for a Memoir, with Brooke Randel
How to Use Family Letters to Write Memoir, with author Julie Kabat
Today, my guest is artist, teacher, composer, performer, singer, storyteller, and now author, Julie Kabat, whose first book is Love Letter from Pig, My Brother's Story of Freedom Summer, just out from … [Read more...] about How to Use Family Letters to Write Memoir, with author Julie Kabat
How to Ask and Answer a Big Life Question in Memoir
AMY WILSON IS THE author of the memoir, When Did I Get Like This? The Screamer, The Warrior, The Dinosaur Chicken Nugget Buyer, and Other Mothers I Swore I'd Never Be, as well as the co-host of the … [Read more...] about How to Ask and Answer a Big Life Question in Memoir
